Southwest Airlines on early Monday morning announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with AirTran Airways to acquire the airline for nearly $1.4 billion.
AirTran Airways has announced new routes between Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, MD and Jacksonville International Airport in Jacksonville, FL. Service begins on May 4, 2010.
Delta Air Lines announced Friday that it would discontinue 24 routes, most of them serving rural cities for which the airline receives federal subsidies.